set password expiry to a few weeks.

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Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their
password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and affecting
other users.

The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users that
passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with the
rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before
they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next
logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a
network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is set,
and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be
changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them to
have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.
 
Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.


"Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...
> Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their
> password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and
> affecting
> other users.
>
> The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users
> that
> passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with
> the
> rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before
> they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next
> logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a
> network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is
> set,
> and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be
> changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them
> to
> have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.


You could run this command a number of times:
net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008

and this one to check your work:
net user JSmith
 
Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.

This is to expire the actual account, not the password, is this right?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...
> > Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their
> > password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and
> > affecting
> > other users.
> >
> > The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users
> > that
> > passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with
> > the
> > rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before
> > they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next
> > logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a
> > network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is
> > set,
> > and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be
> > changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them
> > to
> > have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.

>
> You could run this command a number of times:
> net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008
>
> and this one to check your work:
> net user JSmith
>
>
>
 
Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.

Doh . . . so it does!

"Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D7200327-3512-4B3C-AA76-A66B3C7AA99F@microsoft.com...
> This is to expire the actual account, not the password, is this right?
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have
>> > their
>> > password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and
>> > affecting
>> > other users.
>> >
>> > The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users
>> > that
>> > passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along
>> > with
>> > the
>> > rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days
>> > before
>> > they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at
>> > next
>> > logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access
>> > to a
>> > network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon'
>> > is
>> > set,
>> > and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to
>> > be
>> > changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for
>> > them
>> > to
>> > have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning
>> > time.

>>
>> You could run this command a number of times:
>> net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008
>>
>> and this one to check your work:
>> net user JSmith
>>
>>
>>
 
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